Bloodstained is the Castlevania game we’ve been waiting for

Koji Igarashi, director for some of the best Castlevania games in the franchise, was fed up with being side-lined and generally ignored by the heads at Konami, and looked to a former employee of Capcom for inspiration.

Keiji Inafune, director for a number of Mega Man titles, among many others, found himself in the same situation at Capcom, and left as a result. Subsequently, he used Kickstarter to crowdfund Might No. 9, a Mega Man game in every sense, except for its name

Wanting to following in Inafune’s footsteps, Igarashi has told Konami to stick it where the sun don’t shine, and left.